WASHINGTON — When Stephen Miller, one of President Donald Trump’s top advisers, makes the case for the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, he is focused not only on the actions of those who came to the United States from another country. Increasingly, he blames their children as well. Miller’s belief...
Former US Senator Ben Sasse Announces He Has Terminal Cancer
Former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse, who also served as University of Florida president, announced on Tuesday he has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. "This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I'll cut to the chase," Sasse, 53, said...
Will California’s New Guns Laws Make Us Safer? Or Violate 2nd Amendment?
With several new gun bills becoming law in California in 2026, gun rights advocates and gun control supporters have sharply different views on the reasoning behind the legislation and its effects. The new laws address how firearms are stored in homes, expand the list of banned guns, and streamline gun...
Wrong-Way Driver Killed in Solo Highway 99 Crash in Merced
A 68-year-old man was killed early Tuesday in a solo crash involving a wrong-way driver on Highway 99 in Merced, authorities said. The California Highway Patrol said the Merced Communications Center received reports at about 1:26 a.m. of a vehicle traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Highway 99 north...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
WASHINGTON — Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency said it made more than 29,000 cuts to the federal government — slashing billion-dollar contracts, canceling thousands of grants and pushing out civil servants. But the group did not do what Musk said it would: reduce federal spending by $1 trillion before...
Russian Air Attack on Ukraine Kills Three and Sparks Sweeping Outages
Russian missile and drone attacks killed at least three Ukrainians including a child on Tuesday, triggering widespread emergency power cuts and prompting neighboring Poland to scramble jets. The attacks, days after another round of U.S.-led talks to end the nearly four-year-old war, hit energy facilities in western regions the hardest,...
Trump Says Anybody That Disagrees With Him Will Never Be Fed Chair
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he wants the next chairman of the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates if the markets are doing well, adding that "anybody that disagrees with me will never be the Fed Chairman." — (Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington, Editing by Bhargav Acharya)
‘60 Minutes’ Report on Salvadoran Prison Pops up Online After Being Pulled by CBS
A "60 Minutes" report on a Salvadoran mega-prison housing U.S.-deported migrants spread online on Monday, a day after CBS News pulled the segment before its scheduled Sunday broadcast, saying it needed more reporting. The segment, which included allegations that Venezuelan deportees sent to the prison were tortured and raised questions...
Fresno Farmers Can Get Paid to Save Groundwater
Money is available to growers within the Fresno Irrigation District to help cover the cost of improving irrigation systems and to increase on-farm groundwater recharge. A webinar on Tuesday, Dec. 23 at 3 p.m. will walk growers through the process of applying for funding from the Natural Resources Conservation Service, part...
Trump Critic Ben Sasse Says He Has Terminal Pancreatic Cancer
Ben Sasse, a Republican former senator from Nebraska and a former president of the University of Florida, announced Tuesday that he had received a diagnosis of terminal Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. “Since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I’ll cut to the chase,” Sasse, 53, wrote in...